A familiar storyline (Denver comeback) was this time authored by their starting forwards. The reigning champion Denver Nuggets asserted their dominance in the second and third quarters to build enough of a cushion to hold off the Los Angeles Lakers once more 112-105 in Game 3 of the first round. The Nuggets ran up their win streak against Los Angeles to 11 to get a stranglehold of the series. The Lakers again ran out to a double digit lead in the opening stanza - only to see it slowly disintegrate under the persistent pressure of Denver’s rebounding advantage (51 to...